Politiche palestinesi

The PNA’s police force crack down on protesters during a demonstration against the Israeli military action in Gaza Strip at the Beit Eil settlement near the West Bank city of Ramallah, on July 20, 2014. Photo from MEMO

Protests against Abbas in Brussels. Photo supplied by author To anyone familiar with the intricacies of the Palestine-Israel conflict, accusations of corruption and authoritarianism against President Abbas and the Palestinian Authority (PA) leadership are hardly novel. Over recent months, the administration has begun to face escalated criticism. At the end of January, for example, my organisation, the Council for MENA Affairs (ForMENA), received a letter denouncing Abbas’ leadership in the strongest possible terms.

A confrontation between the Palestinian Authority and organized labor will come to a head on Monday when the high court in Ramallah hears an appeal to a decision by PA leader Mahmoud Abbas to declare a major union illegal.